Program: Anthropology (MA)
Degree: Master's
Date: Sat Nov 03, 2018 - 7:09:25 am
1) Program Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and Institutional Learning Objectives (ILOs)
1. Regular: A broad knowledge of the discipline of anthropology as a whole, its historical and theoretical foundations and schools of thought, with special emphasis on one or more of its subfields (archaeology, physical anthropology, linguistic anthropology or cultural anthropology)
2. Regular: The ability to conduct research, to formulate researchable problems, to write research proposals, to apply methodologies basic to the relevant subdiscipline[s], and to write research reports;
3. Regular: An anthropological familiarity with different geographical regions with focus on one in which the student proposes doing anthropological field research;
4. Regular: An ability to teach introductory courses in one or more subdisciplines of anthropology.
5. Archaeology: Design and organize archaeological research that is technically sound
6. Archaeology: Identify, document, and analyze archaeological resources and related historic properties
7. Archaeology: Evaluate the significance of archaeological materials with respect to state and federal laws and regulations
8. Archaeology: Establish and maintain constructive relationships with heritage communities and stakeholders
9. Archaeology: Assist community organizations with the stewardship of archaeology resources.
10. Archaeology: Practice archaeology in fashion that is professionally ethical and culturally informed.
2) Your program's SLOs are published as follows. Please update asneeded.







3) Please review, add, replace, or delete the existing curriculum map.
- File (03/16/2020)
4) For your program, the percentage of courses that have course SLOs explicitly stated on the syllabus, a website, or other publicly available document is as follows. Please update as needed.





5) Does the program have learning achievement results for its program SLOs? (Example of achievement results: "80% of students met expectations on SLO 1.")(check one):




6) Did your program engage in any program learning assessment activities between June 1, 2015 and October 31, 2018?


7) What best describes the program-level learning assessment activities that took place for the period June 1, 2015 to October 31, 2018? (Check all that apply.)







8) Briefly explain the assessment activities that took place.
The Applied Archaeology MA program began use of the rubric newly developed in 2017 and evaluated two students that graduated in Summer and Spring 2018. The students were evaluated against six SLOs. One student performed at above or exceeding expectations in each category and the other exceeded expectations in most categories but had received lesser scores in other SLOs because the student required considerable guidance to analyze and write clearly.
The regular Anthropology MA program evaluated one student using the rubric newly developed in 2017 in Spring 2018and in all 8 criteria categories were above or had exceeded the expectations of the program.
9) What types of evidence did the program use as part of the assessment activities checked in question 7? (Check all that apply.)





















10) State the number of students (or persons) who submitted evidence that was evaluated. If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.
MA Applied Archaeology - 2 students were evaluated. Evaluation of final non-thesis paper based on evaluation rubric criteria.
MA Anthropology - 1 student was evaluated. Evaluation of thesis based on evaluation rubric criteria.
11) Who interpreted or analyzed the evidence that was collected? (Check all that apply.)










12) How did they evaluate, analyze, or interpret the evidence? (Check all that apply.)







13) Summarize the results of the assessment activities checked in question 7. For example, report the percentage of students who achieved each SLO.
MA Applied Archaeology - SLO#1 -50% achieved expectations, SLO#2 -50% achieved expectations, SLO#3-100% achieved expectations, SLO#4 -100% achieved expectations, SLO#5 - 100% achieved expectations, SLO#6-100% achieved expectations.
Regular MA Anthropology - 100% achieved expectations for each SLO.
14) What best describes how the program used the results? (Check all that apply.)









15) Please briefly describe how the program used the results.
The MA Archaeology faculty assessed the following issues and remediation for the Applied Archaeology program.
1. To address weak writing skills, it was suggested that the curriculum is revised to require a course in technical writing for all students or restrict admissions to intolerably low levels.
2. To address professional skills, it was suggested that time management skills be incorporated into the existing professional skills course
3. For students who lack clearly articulated professional (and personal) goals, require appropriate workshops within the university that can assist their development in this area.
16) Beyond the results, were there additional conclusions or discoveries? This can include insights about assessment procedures, teaching and learning, and great achievements regarding program assessment in this reporting period.
NA
17) If the program did not engage in assessment activities, please justify.
NA